LIC5A-Bacterial

= Long Island Creek Site 5A = = Bacterial =

__**Samples**__

 * June 12, 2012: There was heavy rainfall the day prior to this sample being collected. There was a large amount of coliform found and an average count of 1100 for E.Coli (cfu/100mL).


 * No Pictures Taken for June 12, 2012 Samples**


 * June 19, 2012: There was no rainfall the day prior to this sample being collected. There was a moderate amount of coliform found and an average count of 300 for E.Coli (cfu/100mL).


 * ~ June 19, 2012 ||
 * [[image:watershed2012/LIC5A1-19Jun12 width="255" height="191"]] || [[image:watershed2012/LIC5A2-19Jun12 width="255" height="191"]] || [[image:watershed2012/LIC5A3-19Jun12 width="255" height="191"]] ||


 * June 26, 2012: There was no rainfall the day prior to this sample being collected. There was a moderate-to-low amount of coliform found and an average count of 366.67 for E.Coli (cfu/100mL).


 * ~ June 26, 2012 ||
 * [[image:watershed2012/LIC_5A_1.JPG width="245" height="281"]] || [[image:watershed2012/LIC_5A_2.JPG width="259" height="284"]] || [[image:watershed2012/LIC_5A_3.JPG width="247" height="282"]] ||

The much higher level of coliform and E.Coli found on the first sample suggests that bacterial counts significantly spike after a rainfall event. This is likely due to polluted runoff coming from the surrounding urban environment.



Watershed level bacterial data from all sites can be found here.

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